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your safety compromised by something we found cbs 5 investigates the new problem with the troubled bay area police system. san francisco's future archbishop arrested for d u i, tonight his apology and why his mom plans yourself. bracing for isaac on upcoming anniversary of the train up the system in new orleans designed to keep the city safer. oakland's public safety radio system has been plagued problems we have told you about that, we have uncovered what looks like a security breach with the system that cut not only police officers puts the more risk but the people of
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oakland allen martin with the story you only see on cbs 5. we cannot tell me where this is for security reasons this property in east bay hills critical to the safety of oakland home to a ready transmission tower when the three that power the city's public safety radio system. it is the system oakland police depend on when radioing for back up at a crime scene this tower the when that failed. during president obama's visit in july we walked right up to let there's a partial fans and vandals have been here too and lined up the tower to spray graffiti and tell east bay mud put up a fence for a construction project the transmission tower was completely unprotected. at the site we visited had minimal protection i'm very disappointed
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we show the video to the oakland police officers association president sing those pictures today showed the lack of care that seems to be here in this city for public safety i don't see with the unsecured about the site whit took the picture to david crews who has to deal with the public safety problems it does not concern me at this time. the graffiti does not bother me i'm not see anything abnormal this is fairly standard for public safety at public safety ready as system used by every county in the east bay has transmission power powers protected by a tall fence barbwire and 24-hour monitoring. and the commission in a report commissioned by the city of oakland security consultants but about the transmission towers have limited sight of arms and
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no ability to automatically alert on call technician when a problem arises, the report noted a lack of backup power systems in case anything does go wrong. as a result oakland with in the last two months installed portable generators. that is not the long-term solution that is a temporary generator oakland's police officers say they have waited long enough it is an absolute life line and more life line than ever before we are a skeleton crew of police officers serving oakland all we want is a public safety ready system that works allen martin cbs 5 oakland has been leasing the site where the transmission tower sits on from east bay mud, the agency tell cbs 5 that uses several security measures not all of them visible to protect
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the water supply it would not comment on security for the transmission tower. president obama has declared a state of emergency in louisiana as trouble storm isaac heads for new orleans. it could make landfall late tomorrow or wednesday the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. dru levenson in new orleans with a multibillion-dollar system to keep the city safe. it is designed to keep the city safe, right now and isaac in the gulf churning away it is eating up all that warm water and causing it to become bigger and more powerful this storm moves in a path that people know very well the same as katrina seven years ago. thousands and louisiana board up their homes and get out of town.
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we've lost almost everything from katrina airport in new orleans canceled all flights tuesday thousands of people around the city are told to evacuate. if you plan for an event like this was to leave now was the time to leave is it moves through the gulf and a substrate it could be a category 2 hurricane when it hits the coast and expects to drop more than a foot and half a brain. the coastal flooding will be a problem that area of the coastline from louisiana to the florida panhandle very vulnerable to storm surge is it bears down on the gulf coast as it prepares for the seven year anniversary of katrina wednesday. 1800 people died after the levee system failed. after katrina the army corps of engineers spend $13 billion putting in bigger stronger levees to keep the flood waters
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from the city. new orleans protected by 133 mi. of levees and flood walls. many people are told to evacuate bruce harris lives inside the walls and will stay we were real vulnerable and now we are not because of the levees and improvement harris believes those improvements will keep him safe. the weather here tonight very nice very deceiving, in 24 hours it will be a different story. in new orleans dru levenson isaacs as but a setback on republican national convention it will go on its scaled-back to three days it officially begins tomorrow here's grace lee organizer shuffle the schedule around the official vote is tomorrow with that many politicians flocking together no
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surprise the sparks are flying this time new jersey gov. chris christie cause of jerry brown. california met a bad choice. by going with an old retread let me tell you this i cannot believe you people in elected jerry brown over meg whitman may that was the beginning of chris christie is rant. in front of the california delegation this morning i have to sit with this guy and he comes up to me and says stop telling people want to raise taxes and not try to raise taxes. i said yeah you are jerry he said no chris i'm not i put on the ballot and let the people decide. man that's leadership isn't dead did christie go too far by calling the governor a retread joe touman believes he did. it demonstrates naivety, if
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you're going to elevate yourself to be a presidential candidate and you really cannot make your criticisms about other people personal. christie may have a problem with our governor is no problem coming to california to raise money he was in sacramento county to speak at romney fund raiser romney has raised more money in california than any other state about 17 and a half million dollars. he took a swipe earlier this month. if on a tip and doors and businesspeople and at home think at some point in america is going to become like grease or expand or italy or like california, i'm just kidding about that one. kristyn gives a speech tomorrow night after romney's wife and, on wednesday paul ryan address is the crowd and mitt
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romney on the final night thursday. grace lee cbs 5 you can get updates from the republican convention on the republican on our tour landfall at cbs 5 dot com high-ranking church official arrested for d u i his mom says she is to blame. the killing has got to stop. hundreds honor the veterans of san jose is violent crime weigh in we ask you these vigils held. trauma and hollywood tonight,,
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a real-life drama and the skies over all the web and news helicopter belonging to take the l a television made a landing after it started spewing smoke after 6:00 tonight.
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the pilot originally was going to land and high school football field it landed on the parking lot the smoke lightly caused by an oil leak. san francisco's newest catholic archbishop that jet to take over tonight he apologizes for drinking too much at a dinner party and gets arrested for d u i. his mother is trying to take the plan sharon chin at st. mary's cathedral in the city. he says he is sorry and asks forgiveness but what happens next up to the pope. this is the rev. salvador announcing he will become the archbishop of san francisco diocese but his mother takes the blame for his jail stay. he was driving his mother home after dinner when he went through a police checkpoint near san diego state university police arrested him for d a y the did not releases but alcohol level.
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it kept wreath laying his glass and i did not want to seem like a boston mother i should've told in your drinking too much want the fifty-six year old was booked into county jail and released after posting bail he said i apologize for my error in judgment and discretion for what i brought upon the church and myself my will repay this debt i ask for forgiveness from my family friends and co-workers. he last served as bishop of oakland and got the same-sex marriage ban on the state ballot. that prompted this response from this catholic nun i feel bad i hate to say it to wed a justice he's the one who's been so conservative fundamentalist and has not even been that open to what i would call basics of human nature.
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some parishioners are more forgiving there are helped law higher standard with their duties but this was a social event he's human. the ball or bishops in rome must decide to do nothing discipline or rescind his archbishop appointment in. james donahue at the berkeley theological union the question arises about fitness for leadership we need leaders who are able to develop and provide credibility and inspiration going forward these are difficult times for the church. he is scheduled to be installed as archbishop at st. mary's cathedral of october 4, 2005 days before he's supposed to be in court on the deal why charge. sharon chin cbs 5 another vigil to remember murder victims wrapped up in san
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jose this evening. we have seen these vessels before, families of the dad asking for violence to stop reporter kiet do asked do these things help. they came tonight to cry prey heal and unite. the city organized a prayer vigil let city all to remember the 33 victims murdered this year eight of them killed in 11 days making it the deadliest threats of violence in san jose's history. one was her brother gunned down august 13th would you want to say to people who say the killings are no big deal just gang members telling gang members it is a big deal and it is a domino effect it affects our family and community it affects everybody the mayor's message that never should organize and talk to police the think it will work?
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it will work and has worked in the past the 300 people here took a note to fight crime in san jose but he was in the game for four years says gangbangers do not care and the killings will go on. not all the i don't think does, it is sad because a lot of people lose with a love san jose police hitting the streets hard with a lot of overtime there's not been a single homicide in four days if they can keep this place up until the end of the air and then the challenge is to find money to hire more cops. kiddos cbs 5 police zigzagged through the streets of san francisco to catch thieves who stole smart phones. the thieves snatched a woman cellphone and cops use the gps
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system to track down the suspects, to 25th and churchmen then to eighth avenue and in the sense that the chase was 90 easy once they got to know valley the was a standoff. they said stop right there and escalated to stop or i'll fire and then i heard a shot the shot missed and thieves got away again. the phones gps kept working and led them to the sunset district where they nabbed the suspects. one of them found hiding in the trunk a number of other cellphones found in the car police believe the men may be professional thieves. you know the rule is you must turn off electronic devices on the plane or do you. faa puts together a group to review consumer electronic policies right now passengers cannot use most devices during takeoff and landing because of
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fears it could interfere with communication systems the will not review this cellphone policies, that is set by fcc. the group works this fall and will report to the faa after six months. temperatures tonight across the board into the '50s and a mild night. the effect on your morning ,,,,
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welcome back to the cbs 5 weather center. it is 60 degrees half moon bay. 90 degrees livermore. look at the weather camera i saw somebody taking a run of late evening run along the embarcadero it is my of this evening. it is 60 in san francisco. the high was 78. what you need to know before going to bed patchy fog develops over night with areas of drizzle at the coast a seasonal day
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tomorrow a blue moon on friday. a lot of cool air mass north of the bay. it will affect the forecast. this is interesting, the future cast theirs the morning commute a hint of stratus lingers, we clear route we have sunshine and temperatures will be similar to today. overnight into the 50s from the northern portion of the bay to santa clara valley. tomorrow late day breeze with a sea breeze into the '50s and '60s that the beaches. in the '80s in santa cruz. 91 brentwood, 87 in santa rosa. check out the coldest day this week will be on friday as we get ready for the holiday weekend.
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were has anyone said man i'm glad to be in cleveland considering a's made it out of tampa before isaac you can understand. the starter roberta hernandez making his first art sensei's suspension using a fake identity. the a's can't hit them. josh reddick drops solo blast to ride. he lost his last five games bread anderson makes his second start of the year and dealers a perfect game in the theft but he says he is safe at first appeared he was clearly be to the bad it's boy of the no-hit bid. at the give up one more hit. seven shutout innings for anderson. the a's are 3-0 winners.
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he suffered a series elbow injury but now allowed six hits and 11 strikeouts. wildcard leading tampa and in texas. he lays one to left in goes 343. including the game-winner. he has six home runs and drove in 13 rangers beat their raise six-five. the orioles now the wild card leaders in the american league. giants are off tonight the dodgers unveiled the pitcher they traded for from boston. a second deck home run. the dodgers' bullpen was lousy the dodgers lose 10-0 they trailed giants by two and one- half games. aaron riders kicks off a monday
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night. we want to get out packers teammate with the shaving cream pie to the face. we go to the king of shaving cream pies the a's jazz rabbit lays out for a great catch in cleveland. the cubs player breaks is backing flying into the stands this guy catch is the barrel, it was a good play. gold medalist should stick to basketball first pitch in arizona and outside. sprinter michael johnson wants to be michael phelps on the america's cup in the bay he felt then, he got fished out. down,,,,,,
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